Promoting the Ethics of Care in a Mindfulness-Based Program for Teachers

Abstract

The importance of ethics in teaching cannot be understated, as teaching is a highly interpersonal endeavor involving distinct power dynamics, where the outcomes of teaching have significant long-term consequences for many stakeholders (i.e., teachers, students, parents, administrators, the general public). In most cases, particularly for those working in public school settings, the ethics of teaching must be devoid of any religious/spiritual ethical dimensions. So, the ethics that explicitly guide the field are of a more universal nature and generally relate to responsibility to others and not causing harm. In the following chapter we will offer Noddings' ethics of care as a particularly useful framework for mindfulness-based interventions in the context of teaching and demonstrate how the ethics of care informs the CARE (Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education) for Teachers program. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)